Keyword: ChemChina

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - The year just ended was marked by a flood of M&A activity also in the distribution sector. Leading the way, German giant Brenntag said it planned to acquire all shares of specialty...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - On the pharmaceutical side, super-dimensioned M&A activity was somewhat more modest. Many of the deals were between players in the biochemicals segment or conventional drugmakers...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - The chemical production sector saw more activity than pharmaceuticals in 2017. Beyond the mega-mergers, one of the most significant deals of 2017 was BASF’s announcement in early...

Markets & Companies

2017 Through the Rear-view Mirror

08.01.2018 - Mergers and acquisitions, new petrochemical projects, the dismantling of US environmental regulations, and a tussle over the hazards of pesticides in Europe, along with a...

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Nufarm Buys FMC’s European Herbicides

14.11.2017 - Australian farm chemicals producer Nufarm has snapped up some more agrochemical assets in Europe, this time from US chemical company, FMC. The Melbourne group will pay $90 million...

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Asahi Kasei and Bluestar Studying mPPE

02.10.2017 - Japan’s Asahi Kasei and China’s Bluestar, a ChemChina subsidiary, have agreed to study the economics of building production facilities for producing a modified polyphenylene ether...

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American Vanguard Buys Grupo Agricenter

18.09.2017 - AMVAC Netherlands, a wholly owned subsidiary of US specialty and agricultural products company American Vanguard, is to acquire Grupo Agricenter, a Costa Rica-based distributor of...

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ChemChina's Crosses 98% Syngenta Threshold

18.07.2017 - ChemChina has filed a petition with the appellate court in Basel, Switzerland, to cancel the remaining shares in Syngenta not already held by the company or any of its affiliates...